For now, links to 18 reports: from Anadolu Agency, the Cradle, the Associated Press, Reuters, National Public Radio, Middle East Monitor, and Middle East Eye, and to articles of commentary from Middle East Monitor, Middle East Eye, and the Cradle; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (IRAN 6-17-25 is HERE, or scroll down. UKRAINE and GAZA entries for this date, so far, are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM
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Explosions heard as Israel renews attacks on Iranian capital, by Mohammad Sio | Anadolu Agency ISTANBUL — Explosions were heard in Tehran today as the Israeli army launched new airstrikes on the Iranian capital. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said fighter jets destroyed the Iranian internal security headquarters in Tehran. READ MORE . . .
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IAEA chief confirms agency has ‘no proof’ Iran building nuclear bomb. From the Cradle. The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, said on Tuesday there is “no proof” that Iran has been working toward the development of a nuclear weapon. READ MORE . . .
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Israeli attacks hit Iran’s centrifuge production sites in Tehran, Karaj: UN nuclear watchdog, by Ahmet Gencturk | Anadolu Agency ATHENS — Iran’s centrifuge production sites in Tehran and the central province of Karaj were hit, the International Atomic Energy Agency said today. READ MORE . . .
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Iran’s leader rejects call to surrender, saying U.S. intervention would cause ‘irreparable damage,’ by Jopeph Krauss, Jon Gambrell and Julia Frankel | AP DUBAI — Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, today rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of blistering Israeli strikes and warned . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Reuters.
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What it’s like in Iran as the conflict with Israel continues. Reported by Steve Inskeep | NPR Setareh Sadeqi, assistant professor at Tehran University, talks about how Iranians are experiencing the conflict with Israel and what Iran hopes to achieve. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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How President Trump is responding to the conflict between Iran and Israel. Reported by Franco Ordoñez and A Martínez | NPR President Trump once distanced himself from Israel’s military action in Iran. Now he’s taking some ownership, and he’s pushing back against political allies who oppose U.S. involvement. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Iran says it targeted Israeli air bases in retaliatory attack. From Anadolu Agency. Iran carried out a retaliatory strike Tuesday targeting Israeli air bases “used in the regime’s terror attacks on Iranian civilians and infrastructure,” state-run Press TV reported. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for June 17 report.
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Israel facing critical shortage of interceptor missiles, U.S. warns of imminent rationing: WSJ. From Middle East Monitor. Israel is running critically low on key missile defence interceptors, particularly the Arrow system, amid intensified missile barrages from Iran, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal citing a senior U.S. official. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from the Cradle.
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FROM JUNE 17 Trump calls for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ as Israel-Iran air war rages on, by Parisa Hafezi, Jana Choukeir and Maayan Lubell | Reuters DUBAI / JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump warned that U.S. patience was wearing thin but said there was no intention to kill Iran’s leader “for now,” as the Israel-Iran air war raged for a fifth day. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AP.
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FROM JUNE 17 G7 blames Iran for ‘instability’ in West Asia, backs Israeli war. From the Cradle. The G7 group of nations released a statement on 16 June expressing support for Israel and calling Iran a “source of regional instability and terror.” READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 17 Tehran denies western media reports about ‘seeking mediation’ to end war. From the Cradle. Iran has categorically denied requesting that regional countries pressure Washington for an end to Israel’s war against the country, as some recent reports in western media have said. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 17 Airports close across the Mideast as the Israel-Iran conflict shutters the region’s airspace, by Kareem Chehayeb and Qassim Abdul-Zaharia | AP The dayslong attacks between Israel and Iran have opened a new chapter in their turbulent recent history. Fearing a wider conflict as waves of attacks cross their skies every night, most countries in the Middle East have closed their airspace, and dozens . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 17 Iranian missile strikes force closure of Israel’s largest oil refinery. From the Cradle. Israel’s largest oil refinery was forced to shut down on Monday after an Iranian missile strike caused extensive damage to the Bazan Group’s Haifa complex, killing three workers and disabling its main power station, Israel’s Calcalist reported. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 17 The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty explained. From Middle East Eye. On June 13, Israellaunched a surprise attack on Iran, striking nuclear facilities, civilian neighbourhoods, and a state broadcasting station. Iran retaliated, sparking . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 17 Who’s steering the ship? by Ramzy Baroud | Middle East Monitor U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East appears to be adrift, no longer guided by fixed strategies or clear goals. Instead . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 16 The Iraq play book is back for Israel’s attack on Iran. But it fools no one, by Omar Suleiman | Middle East Eye The world has seen this before: A narrative of existential threat. A media chorus that refuses to question. Politicians beating the drums of war, invoking security to justify aggression. It was Iraq then. READ MORE . . .
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FROM JUNE 17 Israel’s war on Iran is the frontline of a U.S. war on multipolarity, by Nina Farnia | The Cradle On the early morning of June 13, Israel launched an aerial assault on Iran, killing over 224 people to date. This is the gravest breach of Iranian sovereignty since the U.S.-backed Iran–Iraq War of the 1980s, widely understood as a proxy effort to dismantle the nascent Islamic Republic. READ MORE . . .
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